Hyperbolic paraboloid, made by Fabre de Lagrange, France, 1872. Formed by strings attached to two bars equally spaced, each turns on an arm perpendicular to itself and one arm swings on a pillar; ...

With his expertise in chemistry and math, scientist Fred Baur invented potato chips in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. Lightweight chips like Pringles can fly off the conveyor belt. This shape, ...

Using a thin-shell structural system, Evans designed his soaring, square, one-story (plus lower level) house with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof, allowing a nearly completely open plan as few inter ...